Serving-stand.



T. F. NASH.

SERVING STAND. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5.1912.

1,242,225. Patented 0@t.9,"1917.

THOMAS Y E .0 1 iEY i T E fl u fir l g sEavme-s'imvn.

' To all whom it may concern: 3

Be it known that I, T,HOMAS F. NASH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baileyville, in the county. of Stephenson and State of Illinois,.have invented certain new and useful-Improvements in fiervingeStands,

of which the following is a specification, reference being had to thezaccompanying drawings. I V V g This invention relates "to-an improved serving stand, and has .for its primary object to provide a simply constructed device of this character designed for use as a center piece for dining tables. 7 It is a more particular object of the in-' vention to provide a serving stand including a base, a rotatable support mounted thereon, and means for detachably retaining'a glass plate or mirror upon the support upon I which the dishes or other receptacles are arranged. V i

It is a further general object of my invention to provide a device of the above characterwhich is neat and attractive in its appearance, may be easily cleaned, and is highly serviceable and convenient in practical use.

' With the above and other objects in view,

. my invention consists in the novel'features of construction, combination, and'arrange ment of parts to be hereinaftermore fully described, claimed and illustrated in the ac companying drawing, in which, i a Figure 1 isa side elevation illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a'section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the support,

the removable glass disk or mirror being partly broken away.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 designates the base of the serving stand which, in the illustrated embodiment of the inve'nfl tion, is of star-shaped form, the arms of said base being preferably skeletonized as shown, for the sake of economy andlightness. The tips or terminals ofthese base arms have rubber disks or lugsG fiXed to their bottom faces to rest upon the table and prevent marring of the polished surface.

The central portion of the base 5 is likewise" of skeletonized construction andincludes the central, circular disk 7 connected by the ra-' dially disposed arm 8 to the body portion of the base. The central disk '7. and the con SpecificationofLetters Patent.

falso each providedwith a raceway tov receive Fatented Oct. 9,191

Application filed February 5, 1917; .Serial No. 146,802; a 3

centric edge of the base plate are provided Withsuitable raceways to receive the two se '10de'signates :the base 'portion of the roe tatable pedestal orsupport which includes tion 12, and the radialarms 13' connecting said disk and annulus; This pedestal base is loosely mounted for rotation upon the base 5 ofthe stand by 'm'eanstofa bolt 14 centrally disposed through the disks"? and I11. I It will be understood thatthel under 7 side of the disk 11 and the annulus 12 farev the respective series of bearing balls 9.

ri'esr'of bearingjballsindi'cated at 9. v

6o a the central zdisk '11,;an' outer annular porw ,Upon the pedestal base, at the juncture of the'radial arms 13 with the outer annular portion 12, vertically I disposed posts or standards 15, preferably of nickeledsteel, are suitably secured at their lower ends.

7 Upon the upper endsof these standards, a

circular plate or disk 16 is rigidly fixed. This disk 16 is provided upon its perimeter, at equidistantly spaced points, with the spring catches or holding devices 17. Upon plate or disk of glass 18 is adapted to be ar ranged. This disk may be either transpar The spring edge of the glass disk 18, as will be readily enter in the form of a mirror. catches 17 are adapted to" snap over the outer the upper surface of the disk :16, a circular understood, and detachably hold the samef estal. I V a I From the foregoing description, the construction and manner of operation of the device will be readily understood. The eat- ,ables-contained'in dishes orother suitable receptacles, are disposed upon themirror or glassdisk 18, and the pedestal. may be readily rotated upon the base 5 by means in place upon'the top plate 16 of the pedof the series of spring catches 17 so as to 7 position any desired dish where it may be easily accessible to one of the diners; All of the metal parts are preferably nickeled and highlypolished so that they can be readily cleaned, and the glass disk or mirror i 18 can, be easily removed from the plate 16 and also thoroughly :washedand cleaned..

The entire device is about two inches in heightand maybe readily lifted and re moved from the table when desired. The in-. I

vention may be embodied in various other ornamental forms than that, illustrated, and

can also be eonetructed in a variety of sizes.

The several elements employed canlikewise be modified in many respects and it will, therefore, be understoodthat I reserve the privilege of adopting "all su'chilegitimate sesta-l rotatably mounted on the base consistmg of a ring or annulusand a plurality of equidis'tantly spaced: standards fixed thereto,

a metal disksecured' upon said standards-and of greater vdiameter than the base, a remov ableglass pl ate'o'f the same diameter as said disk, andmeans on the disk to detachably' hold the glass plate upon the upper surface having a plurality of equidistantly spaced,

vertical standards, a metal disk fixed upon theupper ends of said standards, a glass supporting plate adapted to be arranged upon-said disk; and a plurality of resilient latch elements fixed to the periphery of said disk to co-act With the plate and detach'a'bly hold the same upon saiddisk.

testimony whereof I hereunto" affiXi my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

"I THOMAS F. NASH. VVitnessesJ 1 v CHAR-LES POPP, I V IIENRY'NIIEHAUS.

Oo'piesof thispatent may be otgtaineclfbrfive cents each,--1uy?arldressi11gthe Commissioner of Patents.

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